Stosur no match for Venus

Venus Williams reinforced her pending move back to the world number two ranking with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Samantha Stosur to reach the semifinals of the Madrid Masters on Friday.

Venus Williams reinforced her pending move back to the world number two ranking with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Samantha Stosur to reach the semifinals of the Madrid Masters on Friday.

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Williams, who began this week on fourth, will fall in behind Serena on the Monday WTA list, with the pair heading the table for the first time in seven years.